Did they consider if the rifleman was shooting blanks or not?
As I recall, the show was somewhat "PG" with live sperm in a bag, and historical Civil-war era weaponry. IIRC the conclusions were more or less based on the findings that a fired bullet would have been at a temperature too high to keep the sperm alive long enough to do its "thing", notwithstanding the incredible amount of ricocheting required...Episode 30: Son of a Gun
It's survived untried for nearly 150 years: The myth of the Civil War soldier who was shot clean through his nether regions and the nearby woman who became pregnant when hit by the traveling bullet. Good luck, Jamie and Adam! Then the two test just how dangerous it is to use the telephone or take a shower during a thunderstorm. Finally, Scottie and Kari attempt to re-create the voyage of a hapless pair of boating greenhorns who set out to sea without first detaching their boat from their car trailer.
premiere: March 30, 2005